Bath-tub appliance.



F. G. REHM. BATH TUB APPLIANCE. APPLIOA'TION FILED JAILZI, 1914.

Patented Sept.22,1914. k

"UNITED STATES FREDERICK G. REHM, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOE, 0F ONE-HALF To CHARLES NELSON, 015 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BATH-TUB APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

} Patentedfiept. 22, rate.

Application area January '21, 1914.. Serial No. 813,4Q5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. REHM,

citizen of the United States, residing Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bath-Tub Appliances, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification. My invention relatesto an attachment for bath tubs shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly described and pointed out in the following specification and claim.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide means whereby an ordinary bath tub may be readily adapted for taking a medicated, Russian or vapor bath. In carrying this object into effect a perforated sheet (preferably coated with rubber) is suspended above the water level in a bath tub by suitable hangers engaging the side walls of the latter. On this sheet the bather lies exposed to the steam or medicated vapors arising from the water below which pass upwardly through the. perforations in the sheet.

Another feature of the invention consists in the ease with which the device may be removed from the tub and rolled into a comparatively small compass for storage, it being entirely practical to conceal it from view when rolled up by lodging it beneath the ordinary tub.

Another feature consistsin providing a pneumatic cushion at one end of the device to support the bathers head when lying upon the perforated sheet.

Another feature consists in an apron attached to one end or side of the perforated sheet to cover the bather and to confine the vapors arising from the water below.

Other advantages and improvements will hereafter appear.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bath tub with parts broken away showing the device in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lnvention removed from the tub. Fig. 3 is a spective view of the device rolled up storage.

Referring now to the letters of reference perfor

placed upon the drawings:-A denotes a bath tubof usual construction.

B is a canvas sheet preferably coated with rubbersewed or otherwise secured to a pair of rods C, G, located respectively at each side of the sheet.

D indicates a plurality of wire hooks preferably covered with rubber tubing and flexibly engaged to the respective rods C, C; their free ends engaging the rolled edge a of the bath tub.

6. denotes a plurality of perforations in the sheet B for the passage of the vapor rising from the water in the tub beneath the s eet.

E is a pneumatic cushion linked by suitable rings 6, to the sheet B.

E is a nipple in the cushion through which it may be inflated or deflated as required.

F is an apron secured at one end or side of the sheet B, to cover the bather and to. confine and retain the vapors arising from the water below.

' Having indicated the several parts by reference letters the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood. The tub having been filled with hot Water (which may be medicated or not as desired) to a suitable aititude,the sheet B is en gaged to the side walls of the tub by the supporting hooks D. The cushion E is then adjusted and filled with air. The bather liesupon the sheet B, which sags under his weight to a position directly above the water level in the tub. The apron F is then drawn over the body of the bather that the hot vapor arising from the water while free to pass through the perforations in the supporting sheet may be confined within the tub. After taking the bath the cushion is deflated and folded back upon the sheet, which may then be rolled up and deposited beneath the tub, or other convenient place for storage until again required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In an appliance of the character described,

a tub, a supporting sheet perforated for the assage of vapor, adapted to be suspen ed Within the tub above the water level therein, a rod secured to each side of said sheet, a pluralit of hooks secured to the rods to engage t e walls of the tub, a covering apron secured to the sheet, and a pneumatic cushion engaged to one end of the In testimony whereof, I sign this specifi- ,cation in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK C. REHM.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL E. THOMAS, CHRISTINE MALETIN. 

